[PS2] Soukou Kihei Votoms : Attempting to open .000/001/002 files

Extraction and unpacking of game archives and compression, encryption, obfuscation, decoding of unknown files
RShibbs
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[PS2] Soukou Kihei Votoms : Attempting to open .000/001/002 files

Post by RShibbs »

Hi there
Over the past hour or so, I've been messing with and trying to open the various files within the PS2 Armored Trooper VOTOMS game, namely the AFS and .000/1/2 files, in order to get at the sound effects. I've already figured out how to explore the .AFS files, which contains VA, music, and the prerendered cutscenes, however the biggest files are these .000 files and I'm unable to open them. Is there anyone here who possibly could? Or at least give me the tools to do so.
Thank you for your time, attached is the extracted file structure of the ISO if that's any help.
BloodRaynare
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Re: [PS2] Soukou Kihei Votoms : Attempting to open .000/001/002 files

Post by BloodRaynare »

000, 001, and 002 files are just dummy data as it's name suggest which it's purpose just to fill the disc so the actual game data can be pushed to the outer edge of the disc for faster reading (CMIIW). If anything, the file of interest here is _DATA.DIP as it might be contains the sound effects you were looking for.

Post the _DATA.DIP here so it can be looked into.
RShibbs
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Re: [PS2] Soukou Kihei Votoms : Attempting to open .000/001/002 files

Post by RShibbs »

Ah I see. Is there any site you would prefer for me to upload it to, or specific compression? It's about 300mb and it won't upload to here.
BloodRaynare
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Re: [PS2] Soukou Kihei Votoms : Attempting to open .000/001/002 files

Post by BloodRaynare »

RShibbs wrote:Ah I see. Is there any site you would prefer for me to upload it to, or specific compression? It's about 300mb and it won't upload to here.
Use something like Google drive or MEGA.
RShibbs
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Re: [PS2] Soukou Kihei Votoms : Attempting to open .000/001/002 files

Post by RShibbs »

...probably should've asked months ago, but did the link work?
BloodRaynare
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Re: [PS2] Soukou Kihei Votoms : Attempting to open .000/001/002 files

Post by BloodRaynare »

RShibbs wrote:...probably should've asked months ago, but did the link work?
Yes, I've already downloaded it the moment you've posted it here. Still working on the script (There's a problem with the directory structure due to how the TOC's laid out or maybe I can skip it and just concentrate to extract the files ignoring the directory stuff the only problem is there are files with same name but different content).